Ever struggled with replacing a sky? Now it’s much easier.
When grading or doing VFX and you want to make a boring sky look better, it used to take time and a fair amount of effort to make it look right.
Not to mention the time to find a stock footage element to use as the new sky.
Now it’s just a built in effect that — with a little practice — can replace a sky in no time!
The release of DaVinci Resolve 18.1 included a new Sky Replacement OFX to make your life better.
In this video from Darren Mostyn, you’ll learn about:
- Finding the Sky Replacement tool
- Keying the sky with magic mask
- Using an FX node
- keying with 3D keyer
- Feeding a mask into the Sky Replacement tool
- Sky Mask Adjustment tools
- Generating an artificial sky
- Motion tracking
- Autosizing the sky to match the shot

Gedaly is the Managing Editor of DVresolve.com. He is a professional editor, having cut national commercials for major companies, and does color & VFX for indie films at Mask & Feather. He’s also a filmmaker, writing and directing shorts & features. Gedaly is the co-founder of Working.Actor and former marketing strategist for large brands.